Transportation-barrel



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TRANSPORTATION BARREL.

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R. H. KAGHLINEt TRANSPORTATION BARREL. a

N0. 314,681. Patented Mar. 31, 1885K.

m R o T T A nire Srarins REUBEN H. KACHLINE, OF MARTINS GREEK, PENNSYLVANIA.

TRANSPORTATION=BARREL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 314,681, dated March 3l, 1885. Application filed August 1liy 1884. (No mode.)

T0 all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, REUBEN HENRY Kaon- LINE, of Martins Greek, in the county of Northampton and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Transportation-Barrels, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ot this specitcation, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the iigures.

Figure 1, Sheet 1, is an end elevation of one of my improved barrels. Fig. 2, Sheet 1`, isa sectional side elevation of the same, taken through the line o@ www, Fig. l. Fig. 3, Sheet l, is a plan view of a barrel'head, parts being broken away. Fig. 4, Sheet l, is an edge view ofthe same folded. Fig. 5, Sheet 2, is a side elevation of one of the barrels, part being broken away. Fig. 6, Sheet 2, is a sectional end elevation of the same, taken through the line y y, Fig. 5. Fig. 7, Sheet 2, is a crosssection of one of thehoops, taken through the linee z, Fig. 6.

lThe object of this invention is to promote convenience and economy in the use of transporting-barrels, and lacilitate the return of such barrels to their owners.

The invention consists in abarrel constructed with staves connected at their side edges by tongues and grooves, held together by hoops adjustable in length, and provided at their ends with sectional male screws, and with heads held in place by sections of femalescrews connected adjustably by arms and bars. 'Ihe hoops are made in sections connected by right and left screws, whereby the body of the barrel can be expanded and contracted as required. The staves at their ends are provided with interior shoulders to `receive the heads, and exterior sectional male screws to receive sectional female screws provided with radial arms having set-screws, and engaging with crossed bars having side grooves to receive the said set-screws, whereby the ends of the staves can be drawn together and the heads can be forced into and held in their seats. The heads are each made in two parts, and are provided with semi-annular bars fitting into recesses in the radial arms of the female screw-sections, and connected at one end by a double-jointed loosened.

D are provided with teeth, as shown 1n Fig.'

and hold the said hoops from slipping out ot' place when loosened. In apertures in the end parts of the staves are inserted sliding plates, which are held in place by the heads,` so that the barrel can be readily ventilated. The sliding plates are provided with spring-catches, to engage with the staves and hold the said plates in place when the heads are taken out, as will be hereinafter fully described. The shell of the barrel is formed of four (more or less) staves, A, which may be made with or without a bulge, as may be desi red. The staves may be ordinary wooden barrelstaves put together to form staves or sections ofthe desired Width, or they can be made of paper pulp, metal, or other suitable material. The staves Aare tongued and grooved to each other, as shown in Fig. 6, to keep them in place when the hoops B are tightened and loosened. The hoops B are made in four (more or less) sections, connected at their adjacent ends by right and left screws C, which may be screwed into or upon screws formed in or upon the said ends, or in lugs attached to the said ends. The hoops B can be made of iron or other suitable material, and may be round, flat, or of other desired shape. rIhe hoop -sections B pass through clips or open bands I), which have their ends bent outward to rest upon the outer surfaces of the staves A, to prevent the said hoops from slipping out of place when The outward-bent parts of the clips 7, to prevent them `from slipping on the staves; or they can bc secured thereto in any suitable manner, one clip being employed for each stave. In the inner sides of the end parts of the staves A are formed shoulders E, for the heads F to rest upon. rIhe heads F are each formed in two seinicircular parts, to the outer` sides of which, near their curved edges, are

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attached semi-annular bars G. The bars G are at'on their inner sides, and are vrounded upon their'outer sides. The bars of each head are connected at one end by a double-jointed hinge, H, the outer parts of which are swiveled to the said ends of the bars G, so that the two parts of the heads can be placed edge to edge, as shown in Fig. 3, or can be folded together one above the other, as shown in Fig. 4, for convenience in storage and transportation. To the other end of one of the bars G is attached a pin, I, which fits into a socket, J, in the adjacent ends of the other bar. rllhe pin I is grooved in its outer side to receive the spring-catch K, which, when the said pin I is pushed into the socket J, engages with the shoulder of a hole, L, in the outer side'of the socket end of the bar G, so that the said springcatch can be disengaged by meansof a pointed instrument inserted in the said hole L. To the outer sides of theA ends of the staves A are attached sections M of a male screw, into ythe threads of which fit the threads of'sections N of a female screw, attached tothe outerends of inwardly-projecting radial arms 10. The inner sides ot' the arms O are grooved trans` a versely at the inner sides of the screw-sections N, vto receive the outer edges of-thescrew-sections lVI, and in their middle parts are concaved 'transversely to receive and fit upon the curved bars G, so that the said arms -O will press and hold the heads F to thei-rseats. The inner sides of the arms O are grooved longitudinally to receive the outer ends of thecrossed bars P, and have lugs Q formed upon or attached to them to entergrooves R in the.

sides-of the said crossed bars P. In the sides of the inner ends of the radial arms O are formed screw-holes to receive the set-screws S, the inner ends of whi'chcnter the grooves R of the bars P,and thus fasten the arms O and bars P together when properly adjusted to the size of the barrel. The screw-sections N may be made vof such a length as to form a complete circle when drawn together, or they may be made short. When the sections N are made long, two of them should be made with their end parts hinged to the center part, as shown in Figs. l and 5, the vsaid hinges being so formed that the said end parts can be swung inward, but cannot be swung outward beyond the aro of the circle of which the said sections form a part. The bars P cross 'each other at right angles at their centers, and are halved to each other, so that they will 'be in the same plane, and have loval plates vrI attached to them, as shown in Fig. l, which plates are designed to close the spaces at the vends of the barrel, to confine the heads and hoop-sections when the barrel is contracted for storage or transportation.

' In the end parts ofthe staves A are formed rectangular openings U, the outer ends of which are at a little distance from the `shoulders E. The end parts of 'the staves A are grooved from the ends of the openings U to the shoulders E, the said grooves being of a F, when in place, rest against the outer ends of the plates W, and thus hold them in place. The plates Ware-held in place when the heads F are removed by spring-catches X, let into the outer sides of their upper ends, and which engage with recesses Y in the rabbeted end parts of the staves A. The ends of the springcatches X are so near the upper ends of the plates W that the said catches can be disengaged by the operator with his fingernail or any suitable 'instrument to allow the said plates to be withdrawn. The spring-catches X fasten themselves as the sliding plates W are pushed into place.

In the inner surfaces ofthe sliding plates W are formed recesses Z, to receive the end ofa finger or a suitably-formed instrument-for,

withdrawing the said plates. With this construction the plates W can be withdrawn and inserted, even when the barrel is filled, to ventilate the contents of the said barrel, and can be again inserted without emptying the said barrel. l

With a barrel constructed in accordance with my invention,'in the 'case of fruit or other substance that requires to be pressed'into the barrel, the barrel before .being `filled 'can be expanded by loosening the right and left screws C and expanding the female screw N of the lower head, the upper head not being applied until the barrel is filled. When the barrel is filled, the upper head -is put on, the body vof the barrel is contracted by tightening the right and left screws C, vand ythe 'female screws N are contracted to the required size and screwed down upon the male screws M, forcing the heads F to thei'r'seats upon the shoulders' E, and putting the contents of the barrel under the desired pressure.

Having thusdescribed my invention, l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. A transportation-barrel constructed substantially as herein shown and described, and consisting of the staves having tongued and grooved. side edges held 'together by hoops adjustable in length, and provi'dedat their ends with sectional male screws, and of the heads, held in place by sections of -female screwsconnected adj ustabl y by arms 'and bars, as set forth.

2. In a transportation-barrel, the combina-v tion, with the staves A, having tongue'd and grooved side edges, of the hoops B, made 'in sections connected by right and left screws C, substantially as herein 'shown and described, whereby the body of the barrel can be ex panded and contracted, as set forth. l

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3. In a transportation-barrel, the combination, with the staves A, having interior shoulders, E, and provided with exterior sectional inale screws, M, and the heads F, of the sec tional female screws N, having radial arins O, provided with set-screws S, and the crossed bars P, having side grooves, R, substantially as herein shown and described, whereby the ends of the staves can be drawn together and the heads can be forced into and held in their seats, as set forth.

4. In a transportation-barrel, the combination, with the head F, made in two parts, and the recessed radial arms O, of the semi-annular bars G, connected at one end by a doublejointed swiveled hinge, H, and at the other end by a pin, I, provided With a spring-catch, K, substantially as herein shown and described, whereby the said head can be forced to its seat and folded for transportation, as set forth.

5. In a transliiortation-barrel, the combination, with the crossed bars P, connecting the arms of the male screw-sections, of the plates T, substantially as herein shown and described, whereby the ends ofthe barrel,when

contracted for transportation, will be closed, as set forth.

6. In a transportation-barrel, the combination, with the staves A and the expandible hoops B, of the clips D, substantially as herein shown and described, whereby the said hoops are kept froin slipping out of place when loosened, as set forth.

'f'. z In a transporta-tion-barrel, the combination, with the shouldered staves A, having apertures U below the said shoulders, and provided with grooves extending fronithe end of the openings to the shoulders, and having angular grooves V in their sides, of the sliding plates W, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

8. In a transportationbarrel, the combination, with the staves A and the sliding plates V, of the spring-catches X, substantially as herein shown and described, whereby the said plates will be held in place when the heads are taken out, as set forth.

REUBEN H. KAOHLINE.

Vitnesses:

REUBEN SCHLABA'CH, EDWD. KNECHT. 

